Foundation Work for Renovations at the St. Louis Art museum

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1 Upcoming ASCE Events March 13 ASCE March Luncheon 11:30am March 16 Ethical Behavior webinar 10:30am March 21 YMG Meeting 6:00pm April 5-6 St. Louis Earth Day Symposium April 10 ASCE April Luncheon 11:30am April 19 Liquefaction State-ofthe-Art Forum April 20 LID Site Design and MSD 7:30am-3:45pm May 5 YMG Rebuilding Together May 10 Pizza Dinner Invitation for New Members 6:00pm June 1 Deadline for Section Awards nominations ASCE March Luncheon 11:30 am to 1:00 pm, Tuesday March 13, 2012 Foundation Work for Renovations at the St. Louis Art museum Overview Speaker Jeff Hill The St Louis Art Museum is a world class institution set within beautiful Forest Park in St Louis Missouri. The original building dates back to the 1904 World s Exposition. Construction of the existing structure consists of full height masonry walls supported on spread footings. The ongoing St Louis Art Museum expansion includes the addition of a below grade parking structure, a grand stairway entrance through the center of the original grand hall, additional elevators and behind the scenes passageways for utilities and moving large art exhibits. All of this work is being completed while the existing museum is open to the public and the museum s priceless art collection is on display. The presentation will focus on the design build earth retention system. Vibration monitoring insured no damage to the artwork contained in the building. The presentation will also briefly discuss the risk management of working on a high profile, high risk project. The earth retention was a 2010 Keystone Award winner. Time, Date, Location 11:30 am to 1:00 pm, March 13 th, 2012, Engineers Club of St. Louis 11:30 Registration / 12:00 Lunch Cost: $15 per person, students $5, unemployed members $5 (checks payable to ASCE) Reservations: Call Kurt at the Engineers Club for reservations by noon the Friday before the event Kurt: , or fax: , or kurt.krispin@engineersclub.net. St. Louis Section Newsletter March 2012 ASCE is charged for all reserved lunches. If you ve signed up and can t make it, please cancel with Kurt by Friday before the meeting or we will have to charge you for the meal. 1/2 PDH is typically awarded to attendees. Upcoming: April Luncheon Marc Bacchetti will speak about how Lambert Airport was struck by a tornado last year, the damaged caused, repairs, and other issues. ASCE St. Louis Section Newsletter March 2012 Page 1 of 22

2 St. Louis Section Officers & Directors President Elise Ibendahl CH2M-Hill 1034 S. Brentwood Blvd. Suite 2300 St. Louis, MO Phone: (314) Fax: (314) President-Elect Steve Randolph Horner & Shifrin, Inc Oakland Ave. St. Louis, MO Phone: (314) Fax: (314) Vice President Marc Bacchetti David Mason & Associates 800 S. Vandeventer St. Louis, MO Phone: (314) Fax: (314) Secretary Shawnna Erter SCI Engineering Inc. 130 Point West Blvd. St. Louis, MO Phone: (636) Fax: (636) Treasurer Michael Buechter Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District 2350 Market Street St. Louis, Missouri Phone: Fax: Director of Professional Development Lyle Simonton Director of Administration Matt Harper Director of Technical Development Chad Schrand St. Louis Section Announcements President s Message As we approach St. Patrick s Day, my 1 st grade son (who I just know is a budding engineer) is seeing green. He has actively returned to his pre-spring ritual of building an elaborate Leprechaun trap in our (small) South City backyard. The latest incarnation involves an elaborate setup of powerful magnets designed to trap a Leprechaun and his gold. I pointed out that gold is not magnetic (and proved it by testing my wedding ring), but he was undeterred and came up with a clever and different way to incorporate magnets into his trap. I for one am hopeful that this year s version involves fewer mommy traps (the holes he likes to dig in the back yard for trapping the Leprechaun) than in past years. It is wonderful to see so much creativity and innovation in one so young. I m sure that I m not the only one among us who, as a kid, drove my mother crazy by taking everything apart just so I could see how it works and then have the fun of putting it back together again. It seems that what goes around really does come around. And, in a world where sustainability is coming to the forefront more often, it s nice to see my son s own technical version of going green for St. Patrick s Day. Sometimes I feel greenwashed with all the green products, advice, and techniques now available to us in our personal & engineering lives. Those of you who enjoy the numerous Lenten fish fries that abound in St. Louis this month can even check out a fish fry s level of sustainability at I need to remind myself that it is good that awareness is building and sustainability is going mainstream, regardless of how the word gets out. ASCE s Vision 2025 statement states that we are entrusted by society to create a sustainable world. That s a hefty charge that challenges us to look beyond the simple green solutions and to truly examine every part of what we design to reach true sustainability. Our Younger Members are going green as they plan a Sustainability Forum this spring. I ve always been impressed with our YM s commitment to service. (Join them for Rebuilding Together on May 5, and I promise you won t only give, but receive.) I m even more impressed with their enthusiasm for sustainability. If you are a younger member or not, I encourage you to attend the Sustainability Forum they are planning for later this spring. An introduction to the ISI Sustainable Infrastructure Rating System, Envision, is headlining the event. Even if you are pretty sure you ve already got enough initials behind your name and do not plan to become an ISI Certified Sustainability Professional, the principles behind Envision are good tools for us to use on all our projects and to help us reach our goal of creating a sustainable world. Have a great spring, think about how you can incorporate sustainability into your work today, enjoy some fish fries, and.let me know if you see any Leprechauns! Sincerely, Elise Ibendahl, PE, CFM ASCE St. Louis Section Newsletter March 2012 Page 2 of 22

3 Candidate Nominations The Nominating Committee met on February 14 and is pleased to present the following slate of candidates for the next year: President-Elect Marc Bacchetti Vice-President Shawnna Erter Secretary Matt Harper Treasurer Mike Buechter Director of Administration Kyle Tabor Additional nominations may be made in writing, signed by 10 members, at the March luncheon. If no additional nominations are made at the March luncheon, the above nominees shall be declared elected by the President, Elise Ibendahl, at the May meeting. Newly elected officers take office the first day of October following the Annual Meeting or as soon thereafter as may be practicable and shall hold office until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Adam Spector, P.E. Call for Local Award Nominations The St. Louis Section is seeking nominations for the following Local Awards: St. Louis Section Project of the Year This award is made annually for any engineering project that falls into the general category of civil engineering. The award is given to the owner, lead design engineer and general contractor of the project. Only engineering and construction achievements within the boundaries of the St. Louis Section are eligible. The project must have been completed and placed into operation within 5 years of the date the nomination is submitted. Basis for the Award is an engineering project that demonstrates the greatest engineering skills, and represents the greatest contribution to civil engineering progress and mankind. Professional Recognition Award This award recognizes the importance of professional attainment in the advancement of the science and profession of engineering and is presented annually to a Member of the St. Louis Section who has made substantial contributions to the engineering profession and the St. Louis Section. Young Engineer Award This award recognizes professional contributions of younger members to the Society and to the Section and is presented annually to a Member of the Section who is less than 35 years of age on February 1, Award to Service People To bring public recognition to individuals who have performed outstanding service to people in their communities and to further public understanding and recognition of the identification Civil Engineering - A People-Serving Profession. The awardees need not be civil engineers but are selected based on their service to the general public that has some ASCE St. Louis Section Newsletter March 2012 Page 3 of 22

4 connection with the planning, design or construction of the people serving works of the civil engineering profession. Excellence in Journalism Award This award is to honor journalists for outstanding articles that enhance public understanding of the role and impact of civil engineering in designing solutions for clean water, transportation, the environment, and other public works projects. Nominations will be accepted for journalists and producers from English-language, general-interest regional and national newspapers, radio and television stations, magazines, and electronic and Web-based news outlets. The awards will be presented at the St. Louis Section annual dinner in September. These awards are presented to deserving civil engineering projects and individuals in our community and are a great way to showcase civil engineering excellence in our Section. Please submit nominations to Susan McCrary at smccrary@stlmsd.com or call Guidelines and forms for making nominations are available on our St. Louis Section website at under the Awards & Scholarships tab or the information will be ed or mailed to you upon request. Deadline for submittal is June 1, St. Louis Section wins 2011 Outstanding Section Award at the Multi-Region Leadership Conference. Chad Schrand, Lyle Simonton, and Troy Turner represented the overall Section and Jordan Pettibone, Kyle Klues, and Marty Chorkey represented the Younger Members at the 2012 Multi-Regional Leadership Conference in Kansas City from February 9 th to 11 th. This annual conference provides an opportunity for learning the best practices of other sections and the many tools Society provides for the local level. This conference also provided an opportunity to discuss the value continuing ASCE involvement with the student chapters in our Section. During the conference, the Younger Members from the region passed a resolution recommending St. Louis to host the 2014 Convention which will coincide with the 100 th Anniversary of becoming an ASCE Section. Jordan Pettibone & Chad Schrand receive the 2011 Outstanding Section Award on behalf of the St. Louis Section from ASCE President Elect Greg DiLoreto ASCE St. Louis Section Newsletter March 2012 Page 4 of 22

5 The conference concluded with an awards ceremony where the St. Louis Section received the 2011 Outstanding Section and Branch Award recognizing the Section for the outreach efforts including the Infrastructure Symposium, the Engineer s Week and SCI-Fest displays at the Science Center, the Career Guidance Forum conducted last March, the scholarship opportunities provided at the local universities, and the update to the Section website. The St. Louis Section also received Honorable Mention for the 2011 Section and Branches Diversity Award recognizing the continued presence of women in the leadership, the Section s efforts as part of the National Society of Black Engineer s National Conference held in St. Louis last March, and the support for the inner city schools provided by the Aaron Greenburg Scholarships. Chad Schrand receives the Honorable Mention Award for Diversity on behalf of the St. Louis Section from ASCE President Elect Greg DiLoreto Younger Member Events Our next YMG meeting: March 21, PM Llewelyn s Pub th Street St. Louis, MO For all YM questions, please contact YM committee chair Jordan E. Pettibone jepettibone@hornershifrin.com Please RSVP if you can attend.!!!volunteer Opportunity NOTE: You do not need to be a Younger Member to participate!!!rebuilding Together St. Louis Saturday May 5 This year the YMG will partner with CH2MHill and the Young Engineers Club to perform handy person jobs on someone s home. This was a great time last year, and should be great this year, too. Visit for more information. Please Jordan Pettibone (jepettibone@hornershifrin.com) if you are interested in joining the build team this year. Planned items to discuss: Sustainability Forum May 2012 We are hard at work setting up this forum to help gain insight to this progressing trend of sustainability, and how it relates to the St. Louis region. We plan on having our new President-Elect, Greg DiLoreto, speak at this. This will be open for all members, with YMs having free attendance. ASCE St. Louis Section Newsletter March 2012 Page 5 of 22

6 We have had a very busy February. A big thanks to those who have volunteered their time and efforts representing the Section at our various public engagements. Below are photos from our E-Week event at the St. Louis Science Center and from our recent bowling night at Flamingo Bowl. Geo-Institute of ASCE St. Louis Chapter Presents a webinar titled Ethical Behavior: The Key to Earning Trust DATE AND TIME: Friday, March 16, :30AM to 12:00PM (Pizza and soda/water will be provided) LOCATION: Geotechnology, Lackland Road, Suite 150 Saint Louis, Missouri COST: $10.00 RSVP: Please RSVP by 3/12/12 to: ASCE St. Louis Section, c/o Shawnna Erter, SCI Engineering, Inc., 130 Point West Boulevard, St. Charles, MO 63304, phone , serter@sciengineering.com PDH: 1 Hour towards an ethics requirement ASCE St. Louis Section Newsletter March 2012 Page 6 of 22

7 Map Your Neighborhood (MYN) Program Introduction to Map Your Neighborhood (MYN) Map Your Neighborhood is a program designed to help neighborhoods prepare for disasters and is offered through many local emergency management offices. Prepared neighborhoods are more effective in their disaster response and have an increased capacity to be self-sufficient for the first 72 hours after a disaster. In a disaster, the neighbors living around you are your most immediate source of help. Traditional responders (police, fire, medical, and utility) are quickly overwhelmed by demand. Knowing what to do in the first hour (THE GOLDEN HOUR) of a disaster response may save a life, reduce the severity of injuries, and reduce the amount of damage that you, your family and neighbors sustain. Web-based useful info. The State of Washington Emergency Management website: The Missouri Seismic Safety Commission & Central US website: mssc.missouri.edu/map.shtml & newmadrid2011.org/myn For more information, see the recent WSIU, "In Focus" program featuring MYN creator, Dr. LuAn Johnson: and a Carbondale, IL local MYN meeting held at Liberty Villas: You or your local faith-based or service organization, or a community or county office may inquire with Steve Besemer (steve.besemer@sema.dps.mo.gov, ) or Greg Hempen (greg.hempen@urs.com, ) to obtain Map Your Neighborhood information for Missouri. Remember: In a disaster, your most immediate sources of help are the neighbors living around you. ASCE St. Louis Section Newsletter March 2012 Page 7 of 22

8 Here is a press release about MYN being sent to local media, public, faith-based and other service agencies. ASCE St. Louis Section Newsletter March 2012 Page 8 of 22

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13 Ar e you a gr aduat ing civil engineer ing st udent? Do you know gr aduat ing civil engineer ing st udent s? Do you know any civil engineer s t hat ar e not ASCE member s? Come j oin us f or f r ee pizza and t o lear n how t o become an ASCE member!!! Wher e: Guido s On t he Hill 5046 Shaw Avenue St. Louis, MO When: 6:00 PM Thursday, May 10, 2012 Please RSVP t o Tr oy Tur ner at (314) or tturner@stlmsd.com, if you r e coming and how many people you r e br inging. This will help us t o get enough f ood or der ed. We look f or war ding t o seeing you t her e!!! ASCE St. Louis Section Newsletter March 2012 Page 13 of 22

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16 Announcements 13 th Annual University of Illinois Structural Engineering Conference to Be Held in Champaign The 13 th Annual Structural Engineering Conference will be held on April 17, 2012 at the I Hotel and Conference Center, Champaign, Illinois. This event will follow a series of successful conferences attracting nearly 300 participants from the structural engineering community. As for previous years, attendees will constitute a diverse group of engineers from local, state, and federal agencies, consulting and contracting firms and universities. The primary objective of the conference is to educate professionals with regard to new developments in the field of structural engineering, gain timely job-related information, and network with colleagues. The Conference Steering Committee has met and identified a final program. The morning plenary session will include presentations on the Messina Strait bridge, performance of URM and older RC buildings in the New Zealand earthquake, structural engineering and accounting, and bridge design as a craft. One afternoon session on building design will include presentations on the New York City high rise construction study, the San Francisco Transbay transit center, wind turbine structures and foundations, and the Al-Hamra tower in Abu Dhabi. A parallel afternoon session on bridges will include presentations on the Sheikh Khalifa Signature segmental bridge in Abu Dhabi, the cable-stayed erection of the Hoover Dam bypass bridge, accelerated bridge construction, and Wacker Drive reconstruction. Two optional postconference tours of campus buildings Newmark Structural Engineering Laboratory and the newly constructed Yeh Student Center will also be offered. More information on the conference, including a registration form, can be obtained at The conference fee is $160 per person and will be waived for students except for a nominal luncheon cost. Advanced registration must be completed by April 10, Questions regarding the conference can be directed towards Nancy Simpson ( ; nsimp1@illinois.edu) or the conference cochairs, Dan Abrams ( ; d-abrams@illinois.edu) and Bassem Andrawes ( ; andrawes@illinois.edu. Missouri Concrete Conference Missouri University of Science and Technology Havener Center - Rolla, Missouri April 26-27, 2012 ROLLA, Mo. Missouri University of Science and Technology will host the annual Missouri Concrete Conference April in the Havener Center on campus. Registration is $130 per person. If you wish to attend the ACI luncheon for $18 per person, pre-registration is required please register at Conference presentations will include recycled concrete mixtures, real-time mixture adjustment, shrinkagecompensation, freeze-resistant concrete, status of fly ash regulation, self-consolidating concrete, roller compacted concrete case histories, unusual construction problems, batch plant maintenance, OSHA preparedness, tier four diesel engine issue, poor testing techniques and consequences, low-strength game plan, concrete resurfacing, white topping, ASCE St. Louis Section Newsletter March 2012 Page 16 of 22

17 Announcements two-lift pavement construction, full-depth reclamation, sustainability, and Missouri Department of Transportation case histories and new specifications. Certificates to document Personal Development Hours will be provided. Organizers say the conference will be of interest to contractors, public agencies, consulting engineers, testing labs, aggregate producers, equipment technical representatives, and ready mix, cement and admixture suppliers. Additional information is available online at concrete.mst.edu. For registration information, contact Missouri S&T's office of distance and continuing education at or or For technical information, contact Dr. David Richardson at or MS&T CE-337 River Mechanics And Sediment Transport Location: MSD Date/Time: Meets Wednesdays 6:00 PM 8:45 PM, Fall Semester begins August Instructor: Gary T Moore MS, P.E. This course is intended to provide graduate students an opportunity to study the formation of rivers and the laws governing river regulation and improvements, including navigation and flood protection along with principals of sediment transport. An objective of the course is to understand the geomorphological processes of streams and application of those principals to a real stream in St Louis County. In addition, channel processes and approaches to streambank stabilization techniques will be discussed and observed. Both hand calculations and computer methods for stream channel processes and hydraulic calculations will be developed. In addition, the course will involve physical data collection in a St Louis County creek for use in the course with an end result of providing a plan for stream stabilization plan for a particular segment of the stream. On completion of the course, students should be able to understand the aspects of planning and designing streambank stabilization methods and determine the hydraulic and geomorphic processes of a streams as well as erosion control techniques. Students will have a final design project for a stream segment identifying dominant geomorphic processes and stream protection countermeasures with appropriate open channel hydraulics and present the information in a professional setting. Computer applications such as HEC- RAS and Rivermorph may be employed as needed as part of the course work. Other computer or hand computations may be performed for geomorphic determinations or for flow rates. For further information regarding enrolling in this or any other graduate courses at the MS&T Engineering Education Center at UMSL, visit MS&T's website at Call (314) or mailto:msteec@umr.edu for more information ASCE St. Louis Section Newsletter March 2012 Page 17 of 22

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19 Announcements Order of the Engineer Ring Ceremony held at the Engineers Club The SIUE ASCE Student Chapter hosted an Order of the Engineer Ring Ceremony at the Engineers Club of St. Louis on Friday, February 24, The 26 inductees into the Order included 23 senior students from SIUE: Allison L. Albrecht, Jason M. Bodart, Jared A. Boeser, Erica J. Coombs, Dominique Davinroy, Damien A. Di Vittorio, Maria R. Dust, Jessica M. Eichhorst, Anthony R. Falkowski, Ryan Z. Hann, Ryan K. Holdener, Andrew T. Johnson, Wes M. Kistler, Joshua C. Nieman, William R. Peabody, Luke A. Potthast, Dave M. Shah, Leslie F. Stallons, Melissa A. Strzelczyk, Ethan R. Thompson, Matthew A. Tobias, Jonathan E. Weaver, Blake A. Wilson. Another student, Jeff T. Chambers in the Joint Engineering Program (University of Missouri-St. Louis and Washington University), was also inducted as were Matthew D. Masterson, P.E. and Samantha M. Soto, P.E., both employed by Kaskaskia Engineering. The event organizer Leslie Stallons (a Senior in the CE program at SIUE), Marsia Geldert-Murphey, P.E. (Managing Partner of Kaskaskia Engineering) and Brent Vaughn, P.E. (SIUE ASCE Faculty Advisor) participated as officiates for the ceremony. Considering Returning to School for a MS or a Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering? Take a look at SIUE. Eleven different transportation engineering courses are available to graduate students, including Transportation Security, Advanced Geometric Design, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Transportation Safety Systems, Computer Simulation in Traffic Engineering, Transportation Planning, and Traffic Studies, for example. Nationally-recognized teachers who are also professional engineers teach these courses and mentor students through graduate school. Students have the opportunity to use state-of-the-practice research and teaching facilities including a traffic signal lab, a vehicle driving simulator, and advance computer traffic simulation software. Assistantships are available for most full-time MS or Ph.D. students, including a monthly salary plus a full tuition waiver. Apply today at ASCE St. Louis Section Newsletter March 2012 Page 19 of 22

20 Announcements SIUE CE Alumni Help Needed: Accreditation Survey for Civil Engineering Bachelor's Degree Graduates ABET, the accrediting agency for engineering education programs in the U.S., requires on-going assessment of the undergraduate civil engineering program. Periodically we need to survey our graduates as part of our ABET assessment program. The survey represents an essential facet of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville CE accreditation process. By completing the survey, you will assist the CE faculty in maintaining the accreditation of the program, a result in which SIUE alumni civil engineers, as graduates of the program, have a stake. We thank you for your assistance. The survey should only take about 10 to 15 minutes to complete. The survey is located here: If you encounter difficulties or have any questions, please contact Prof. Brad Cross at bcross@siue.edu or at Summer Intern Employment Announcement Horner & Shifrin, Inc. has an opening in its O Fallon, Illinois office for a summer intern in its transportation engineering department. Prospective candidates should be pursuing a degree in civil engineering. Experience in MicroStation, Geopak, and knowledge of IDOT design policies is a plus. Please submit your resume to sdonahue@hornershifrin.com. Horner & Shifrin, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. ASCE St. Louis Section Newsletter March 2012 Page 20 of 22

21 To submit items to the newsletter Please try to get all announcements for placement in the newsletter to the Newsletter Editor by the 15 th of the month prior to publication. Items may be sent ( preferred) to: Brent Vaughn at MS Word files are the preferred file type. PDF files are also acceptable but may not look as sharp when inserted into the newsletter and hyperlinks might not carry through to the final version. For multiple page announcements, please consider providing a single-page flyer, concisely worded, with links provided to ancillary pages such as registration forms or other attachments. Also, please clearly include in the subject line a concise title for the announcement and desired month(s) of publication. Most news items will be available on the Section s Web Page, which can be reached via the link on ASCE National Website ( Click on Geographical and International Units to link to the Section or go directly to our page at: The Section s Website Editor is Jeff Smith JESmith@HNTB.com or via feedback directly from our website. For more information and updates see our Web Page: This newsletter will be sent to all Section members via . Delivery of the newsletter hardcopy by First Class mail will be made upon request. Members have the responsibility to keep their contact information in the ASCE national database up to date. Please be sure to keep your contact information up-to-date by contacting ASCE at or call ASCE (2723). ASCE St. Louis Section Newsletter March 2012 Page 21 of 22

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